# SDR 95ZZZX631

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 13, 1995
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N6868D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6868D), registered now
- Make and model: Piper PA-32-300
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 3240608
- System (JASC): [7810 · Engine Collector/Tailpipe/Nozzle](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7810)
- Part: Stack
- Part number: 6879300
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Rt Exhaust
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX631

## Discrepancy

PILOT REPORTED A HOLE BURNED IN RIGHT SIDE OF THE LOWER ENGINE COWL.  UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, FOUND RIGHT SIDE EXHAUST STACK HAD A 1 INCH BY 1.50 INCH HOLE IN IT WITH A CRACK EXTENDING FROM THE HOLE.  THE CRACK EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE STACK.  THE HOLE WAS ON THE OUTSIDE PORTION OF THE STACK AT THE POINT WHERE IT BENDS TOWARDS THE MUFFLER.

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